CNG 88, Lot: 506. Estimate $200. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Tennes. Circa 351-347 BC. AR Sixteenth Shekel (9mm, 0.68 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (351/0 BC). Phoenician pentekonter sailing left; | (date) above, waves below / King of Persia standing right, holding up lion by lock of mane; Aramaic T’ between; all within incuse square. E&E-S 1576 (D3/R3 – this coin, illustrated); Betlyon 37; Rouvier 1124; HGC 10, 257. Good VF, toned. Exceptional for issue.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 25 (24 March 1993), lot 404.